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The Community Innovation Lab

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The Community Development team at the University of Glasgow have become collaborators The Community Innovation Lab which explores, applies and examines innovations associated with local, national, and international communities. It is part of an emerging multidisciplinary national and international consortium - The Community Innovation Consortium - comprised of public and private academic institutions, community members and community-based organizations.

Glasgow - European Entrepreneurial Region for 2016

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In July 2015, the  President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), Markku Markkula, awarded Glasgow (UK), Lombardia (IT) and Małopolska (PL) as European Entrepreneurial Regions (EER) 2016. The Award ceremony was held in Brussels  after a jury, consisting of members from EU institutions and business associations, selected the regions' strategies as the best to promote entrepreneurship and spread innovation among small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Vocational training counteracts and helps prevent early leaving from education and training

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Vocational education and training (VET) can help attract young people with different abilities and learning backgrounds to education. It also plays a decisive role in retaining them in the education system or reintegrating them after a drop-out experience.

Recent datasets contain a wealth of qualitative information on young school leavers’ and returners’ trajectories and their individual motives: What type of education/training programme have they left, and why? How many of them return to education? How many choose VET pathways? And how many graduate eventually?

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